Decision Tools for Radiation Oncology Prognosis, Treatment Response and Toxicity /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nieder, Carsten (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gaspar, Laurie E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Medical Radiology,
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.

A look at the recent oncology literature or a search of one of the common databases reveals a steadily increasing number of nomograms and other prognostic models, some of which are also available in the form of web-based tools. These models may predict the risk of relapse, lymphatic spread of a give...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Prognosis and Predictive Factors for Tumours and Organs at risk: Background and Purpose
• Specific issues for prognostic factors related to radiotherapy
• Role of ICT in decision models
• Statistics of Prediction of survival and toxicity and Nomogram Development
• Treatment decisions based on Gene Signatures: Methods and Caveats
• Brain tumors
• Head and neck cancer
• Breast cancer
• Lung cancer
• Esophageal cancer
• Gastric cancer
• Pancreas and biliary tract cancer
• Liver cancer and metastases
• Rectal and anal cancer
• Cervix and corpus uteri, vulva and vaginal cancers
• Bladder cancer
• Prostate cancer
• Sarcomas
• Lymphomas
• Brain metastases
• Bone metastases.